<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">FYI<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Adiel Akplogan <<a href="mailto:adiel@afrinic.net">adiel@afrinic.net</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">August 1, 2012 01:52:16 AM GMT+04:00<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><a href="mailto:announce@afrinic.net">announce@afrinic.net</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>[AfriNIC-announce] Comments received on new Bylaws proposal</b><br></span></div><br><div>Dear colleagues,<br><br>I would like to thank you all for your contribution to the review <br>of our Bylaws. This exercise being an important step in AFRINIC <br>structural growth and sustainability, all your comments and inputs <br>will be carefully considered by the review committee and the Board.<br><br>During the comment period we have received 63 distinct contributions <br>ranging from editorial to structural comments. <br><br>A consolidated list of all the comments received are now published <br>online at:<br><br><a href="http://www.afrinic.net/index.php/en/about-us/our-structure/bylaws/comments">http://www.afrinic.net/index.php/en/about-us/our-structure/bylaws/comments</a><br><br>The next steps are defined as followed:<br><br>Till 15 August: Review of comments by the board along with legal <br>assessment.<br><br>3 September 2012: Publication of a new draft of the bylaws for comment.<br><br>3-18 September: Last comment Period. The Community will be encouraged <br>to provide its last comments on the pre-final version before Board <br>final review and approval.<br><br>22 September: Publication of last comments received<br><br>22-30 September: Last review by the Board and legal counsel<br><br>08 October: Board to adopt the new Bylaws during it formal meeting. <br><br>Thank you for your cooperation and support to this activity.<br><br>Kind regards.<br><br>______________________________________________________________________<br>Adiel A. Akplogan Tel. +230 403 51 00<br>Chief Executive Officer, AFRINIC Fax: +230 466 67 58<br><a href="mailto:adiel@afrinic.net">adiel@afrinic.net</a> - <a href="http://www.afrinic.net">www.afrinic.net</a> t: @adielakplogan <br>_______________________________________________<br>announce mailing list<br><a href="mailto:announce@afrinic.net">announce@afrinic.net</a><br>https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/announce<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>